- Location
- Switzerland
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Type
- full-time
- Department
- Development
- Seniority
- Mid
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Technology
- Category
- Engineering
- Role type
- Individual Contributor
- Environment
- Office
- Source
- JOIN
Overview
As a DevOps Engineer at CDDS, you'll own infrastructure for next-generation drone interception systems. Key responsibilities include building offline-capable data capture tools, designing CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, implementing secure image builds for air-gapped devices, and architecting cloud data pipelines. You'll work in a rapidly changing environment requiring full ownership from modeling to real-world validation. The role requires strong Linux skills, experience with CI/CD platforms, containerization, and software security fundamentals.
Description
You want to help build Europe’s resilience? You want to protect people and critical infrastructure – ultimately saving the lives of thousands?
You want to work at the frontier of high-performance autonomous systems?
**Join us at CDDS to own the infrastructure that keeps next-generation drone interception technology flying - from field data capture through CI/CD to production deployment on edge hardware.**
We are looking for a hands-on DevOps engineer to:
- design and operate scalable pipelines for collecting, storing, and replaying drone sensor datafrom active field operations
- build and maintain CI/CD systems with strong quality gates, hardware-in-the-loop testing,and signed release pipelines
- provision and manage a growing fleet of edge devices through reproducible image builds,offline provisioning workflows, and pre-deployment validation
We move at an extreme tempo and priorities shift quickly — you should be comfortable owning infrastructure in an environment where the problem can change underneath you.
## Tasks
**What you will be working on**
- Building offline-capable tooling for field data capture and post-mission debugging
- Designing CI/CD pipelines with automated testing gates and reproducible builds
- Implementing hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test infrastructure for autonomous drone software
- Designing secure, reproducible image builds and provisioning workflows for air-gapped edge devices
- Instrumenting system performance across the ROS 2 stack and cloud backends
- Architecting cloud data pipelines for drone telemetry, imagery, and MCAP bag files
- Hardening infrastructure against supply-chain and remote-access threats
## Requirements
We are looking for people who **thrive on the vision to safe lives**, rapid iteration, and hands-on flight testing. You take full ownership of your subsyste, from modelling to real-world validation.
**Required**
- At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in DevOps, platform engineering, or infrastructure
- Strong Linux skills and comfort working close to the metal
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar)
- Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Docker Compose; Kubernetes a plus)
- Understanding of software security fundamentals — supply chain, access control, secrets management
**Nice to have**
- Experience with embedded or edge device provisioning — reproducible OS images, offline deployment, and hardware bring-up workflows
- Cloud experience — storage pipelines, Cloud Run, IAM
- Familiarity with ROS 2 or robotics development workflows
- Experience with hardware-in-the-loop or simulation-based testing
- Scripting fluency in Python and/or Bash
- Knowledge of secure communication protocols and networking
## Benefits
Why CDDS
- Direct impact on mission-critical technology shaping Europe’s security landscape
- Fast-moving startup environment with high ownership
- Work with a highly technical, ambitious, and hands-on team
- Real-world testing, deployments, and customer demonstrations
- Attractive compensation
Details
- **Location:** Close to Zurich Hardbrücke (Zurich City)
- **Start date:** ASAP
- **Environment:** Rapidly growing deep-tech startup, high-impact mission
If your interested in the position please apply via this form.
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About CDDS
CDDS is a rapidly growing deep-tech startup focused on high-impact mission technology in Europe's security landscape.
